Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2015-9269 is an information disclosure flaw in the WordPress Mobile Pack plugin. Public sources say versions before 2.1.3 could expose the content of privately published WordPress posts in JSON through an export article feature. The business risk is unintended disclosure of private content, not server takeover based on the supplied evidence.
Executive priority
Prioritize if the organization used this plugin on public WordPress sites with private or sensitive posts. It is not evidenced as active exploitation, but the impact is confidentiality loss and possible content disclosure.
Technical view
The vulnerable component is export/content.php in the wordpress-mobile-pack plugin before 2.1.3. The exportarticle feature reportedly returned privately published post content in JSON to remote attackers. The source bundle provides no CVSS, CWE, or confirmed affected CPE data, so exposure analysis depends on local plugin inventory and version validation.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running wordpress-mobile-pack versions before 2.1.3 with private posts whose content should not be public. The bundle does not identify other products or platforms.
Exploitation context
The CVE states remote attackers could obtain sensitive information. CISA KEV is false in the bundle, and no cited source in the bundle confirms active exploitation. Treat this as a data exposure risk requiring inventory and version checks.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the CVE description names the vulnerable feature and version boundary, but the bundle has no CVSS vector, CWE, CPE, or KEV signal. Do not broaden affected scope beyond wordpress-mobile-pack before 2.1.3 without additional vendor evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Identify WordPress sites using wordpress-mobile-pack.
- Upgrade affected installations to 2.1.3 or later where available.
- Remove the plugin if it is unused or unsupported.
- Review vendor plugin guidance before applying compensating controls.
- Assess whether private posts contained sensitive business data.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether wordpress-mobile-pack is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record installed plugin versions and flag versions before 2.1.3.
- Review access logs for requests to the plugin export content feature.
- Verify private posts are not exposed after update or removal.
- Document any sensitive private content that may have been reachable.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/19/1CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/97CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/#developersCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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